Washington: Samsung announced on Friday it would disable its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in the US market to force remaining owners to stop using the devices, which were recalled for safety reasons.The South Korean electronics giant, the world's biggest smartphone vendor, said 93 percent of Note 7 phones in the United States had been returned to the company after its ...

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Washington: Samsung announced on Friday it would disable its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in the US market to force remaining owners to stop using the devices, which were recalled for safety reasons.The South Korean electronics giant, the world's biggest smartphone vendor, said 93 percent of Note 7 phones in the United States had been returned to the company after its ...

Beijing: China's official media today warned Mongolia that it is "politically harebrained" to seek India's help as the move will further complicate bilateral ties, amid reports that Ulan Bator sought New Delhi's support to overcome financial difficulties arising out of many factors including the imposition of border tariffs against it by China.Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang yesterday declined to respond ...

ISLAMABAD: The death of Junaid Jamshed, a Pakistani rock star-turned-evangelist, in a plane crash on Wednesday has stirred debate over his legacy, raising questions that cut to the heart of Pakistan's widening cultural schisms.Jamshed, 52, was one of Pakistan's first rock stars before abandoning music to advocate a strict interpretation of Islam that would curtail women's freedoms.Much of the reaction ...

Washington: There is a strong appetite within the region, an influential US lawmaker has said, while making it clear that such a role does come with "responsibilities".Congressman Matt Salmon, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Holds Hearing on Asia Policy, said this during a Congressional hearing."As India seeks to garner closer commercial and defence ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today offered all assistance to Indonesia which was hit by a powerful earthquake, killing nearly 100 people and causing widespread destruction."Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Aceh over the calamity today. India stands ready to render any assistance required," PM Modi tweeted. An earthquake of 6.5-magnitude struck Pidie Jaya district in ...

ANKARA: Convert your hard currency to Turkish lira and you could enjoy a free wedding package, a meal and a loaf of bread. Or even a gravestone.These incentives are being offered by Turkish businessmen to customers who respond to a call from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to buy lira and prop up the ailing national currency.His plea has met with ...